Paris richardson



vPARIS RICHARDSON, JR., OF WARREN COUNTY, ILLINOIS.

Leners Patent No. 76,524, @met April 7, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN.WAGONWHEEL.

'IO ALL 'WHOM IT MAY OONCERN: y

Be it known that I, PARIS RICHARDSON, Jr., of Warren county, in the State of Illinois, have invented a new and improved Wagon and Carriage-Hub; and I 'dohereby declare that the following is a full and exact v description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and letters of reference marked thereon,

making apart of this spec'itiea'tion, in which- Figure 1 is a View of thewheelcomplete. Y

Figure'l?,Y a view of the hub, and Figures 3 and Iviews of sections of the hub. Like letters'indicate like parts. l Letter A represents the tire. Letter B represents the felloe. Letter C represents'the spokes. Letter D represents the inner part (or cap) of thev hub. Letter c repiesents the bolts holding the hub together. Letter F represents the outside portion of the `hub. l

Letter h is thegrooves or mortises for the spokes. Letter Gr is the wedge-spindle of the hub. Y The nature of my invention consists' in preparing a felloe'of met-al, which is cast complete, and without joints, with mortises to admit the spokes, full size, without tenons, and in providinga hub in two sections, in one of which (iig. 4) the grooves or mortises are cut for the spokes, and which extend from the mortis'es,` tap'ering to the end, as shown by G 'at g. 4, making a wedge, by means of which the spokes ,are tightened, and rmly fastened by fastening the other section of. the hubD thereto. p l

To enable others to make use oi` my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction, and the manner of attaching the several parts. l I

I first construct the felice, of metal, without joint, and with the m'ortisesy ready for the spokes. I next place the tire upon the felloe, and then prepare the spokes, and-drive them into the mortises of the felloe,'with' out tenon, thereby increasing the strength of `that portionL of thewheel. I then cut oi the hub-ends of the spokes, so as to leave just suiiicient room to insertthe smallest portion of the spindle I construct the hub in two sections', in one of which (fig. Icut the groovesvfor thespokes, and from the outside of the grooves to the end of the hub I cut it tapering, as at I thenmake the other portioniof the huh, which is a cap, D, which fits ov'er the wedge'o'r spin dle G, and when pressed down until it `rests upon the rim in which the groova'es h t are cut, completes the hub. y l

To fasten the spokes into the hub', I then insertthe spindle G between the ends of the spokes, (the ends of the spokes surrounding the spindle;) then I'place the cap, D, upon the ends of-'thev spokes, and. ou the spindle; then, by means of a screw passed through-the hub, I draw, the cap, D, down the spindle, forcing the spokes up the inclined plane, and Ainto thegrooves L h h. IY thenv fasten the two parts of. the hub, F and D, together, by

-means of bolts and screws, as shown at e e e e, iig. I, and the wheel-is complete. Thus, with a wheel constructed,

if a spoke becomes defective, the cap, D,'may be vtaken oli', andl the spoke taken out, without disturbing any other portion of the wheel. i i

What I claim as my invention,y and desire to secure by Let/ters Patent, is- A wagon-wheel, having a feliceb B, cast of one piece of metahland a huh, composed of the metal part, F, and cap, D, with grooves h, and wedge-spindle G, allconnectedand arranged, substantially as and for the pur- Poses sot forth.

vmais nIo'HARDsoN, JR.

i Witnesses: v

O. F. PRICE, HENRY lD. NELSON. 4 

